Definition of playing

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Playing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pla.

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Flirtation :: Flirtation (n.) Playing at courtship; coquetry.
Splendid :: Splendid (a.) Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun..
Wavy :: Wavy (a.) Playing to and fro; undulating; as, wavy flames..
Bandy :: Bandy (v. t.) To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy..
Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..
Tongue :: Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..
Gaming :: Gaming (n.) The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
Anatomize :: Anatomize (v. t.) To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts..
Spilikin :: Spilikin (n.) One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins.
Lambent :: Lambent (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
Varlet :: Varlet (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack..
Logodaedaly :: Logodaedaly (n.) Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words.
Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..
Trapstick :: Trapstick (n.) A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg..
Mallet :: Mallet (n.) A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet..
Finger :: Finger (v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.
Spot :: Spot (n.) A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card..
Punnet :: Punnet (n.) A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers..
Cosmos :: Cosmos (n.) The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony..
Heart :: Heart (n.) One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps..
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